ACT Fire & Rescue is responding to reports of multiple car fires in a scrap metal yard, Lithgow Street, Fyshwick.
Update to follow.
1:29 PM
ACT Fire & Rescue arrived to find four cars well alight.
Firefighters used foam solution to knock down the fires and are currently continuing to extinguish the fires in all four vehicles.
The vehicles are separated from others in the yard and no structures are damaged.
1:40 PM
A tweet from the scene of the action.
A few trucks still down here with firies clearing the area & smoke. Reports multiple cars caught fire @canberratimes pic.twitter.com/npwbkf22ae
— Henry Belot (@Henry_Belot) June 10, 2014
Firefighters have extinguished the fire and are beginning to separate the cars whilst monitoring for any hot spots.
The fire, which is not suspicious, began in a car baler before spreading to nearby vehicles.
ACT Fire & Rescue had three pumpers in attendance and a commander.
2:14 PM
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